Spool-making apparatus



ug- 15 1939- J. A. JOHNSON v.'POOL MAKING APPARATUS 7 Sheets-Sheet 1Filed Oct. 15, 1936 7 Sheetrs-Sheet 2 J. A. JOHNSON SPOOL MAKINGAPPARATUS Filed 0G12. l5, 1936 Aug. 15, 1939.

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Aug. 15, 1939. .1. A. JOHNSON SPOOL MAKING APPARATUS Filed Oct. 15, 19567 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTOR I /.H.. /H/V 5 7N BY H a. ATTORNEY Aug. 15,1939. .1. A. JoHNsoN SPOOL MAKING APPARATUS 7 sheets-sheet4 4 Filed Oct.l5, 1936 Aug. 15, 1939. J, ,1,1 JOHNSON 2,169,251

SPOOL MAKING APPARATUS '7 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed Oct. 15, 1956 INVENTORATTORNEY Aug. 15, 1939.

J. A. JOHNSON sPooL MAKING APPARATUS Filed Oct. l5, 1936 '7Sl'xeelZS--She-)e'tl 6 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Aug. 15, 1939. 1, A, JQHNSQN2,169,251

SPOOL UAKING APPARATUS Filed Oct. l5, 1936 '7 Shee'cs-Sheekl 7 z'a 230 Z2?/ 2 2 296 34 z a42 ze 225 91a F T' *290 #ff i /9 'T439 22% 267 y J\L:4 5, 119-]7 1 /258259 257/ l 1 I H t 22 262 i 7 Z/ 84 ATTORNEYPatented Aug. 15, 1939 UNlTED STATE iATENT OFFICE Application October15,

34 Claims.

This invention relates to apparatus for making spools of sheet metalparticularly used for carrying a strand or web of material, such asadhesive medicated tape, wound upon the core of the spool, and it is theprincipal object of the invention to provide apparatus of this characterwhich is compact and entirely automatic in operation.

It is another object of the invention to actuate all of the operatingdevices of the apparatus from a single drive shaft.

It is a further object of the invention to prevent the feeding offlanges to the apparatus should there be no core present to be assembledwith said iianges, thereby eliminating the waste of material and preventdamaging the operative parts of the apparatus.

It is a still further object of the invention to provid-e the adjustmentof the operative parts of the apparatus to permit the making of spoolsof diierent lengths and diameters.

Another object of the invention is to provide means to positively feedflanges and coies to the assembling mechanism of the apparatus.

A further object of the invention is to provide means to simultaneouslysecure flanges to the opposite end portions of a core to form a spool.

A still further object of the invention is to provide means to form aninwardly extending tongue in the core of an assembled spool foranchoring Ithe web to the core.

Another still further object of the invention is to provide to maintainthe flanges engaged on the opposite end portions of a core at apredetermined distance apart and permit longitudinal movement or theflanges and core With spaced apart at said predetermined distance duringthe securing of the flanges to the core.

Another still further object of the invention is to orovide means tomaintain the flanges on a et during the rotation of the turret from one,tion to another station prior to the Securing anges on the core.

Further objects and advantages of the invenm tion will hereinafter beriore fully described in connection with the accompanying drawings.

The embodi of the invention comprises a rotatable turret ca--ying aseries of radially eX- tending horns which are adapted to beintermittently positioned to successive means to engage a spool fiangeon the horns, engage a spool core on the horns with one end portion ofthe core engaging the flange previously engaged on the horns, engage asecond spool iiange on the op- 1936, Serial No. 105,686

posite end portion of the core previously engaged on the horns,simultaneously crimp the opposite end portions of the core with theflanges to form a spool, and transfer the formed spool to a horn of aseries of horns carried by a second turret actuated by the rotation ofthe first turret to position the spools on the horns thereof relative tomeans to form a tongue in the cores of the spools and eject the spoolshaving tongues in the cores thereof from the horns of the second turret.The means to engage the first and second spool anges on the hornscomprises a plunger reciprocating relative to a flange support andadapted to transfer and engage a flange on a horn positioned relative tothe ilange support. The plunger for engaging the second ange is arrangedwith means to flare the outer end of the core engaged on the horn withthe first flange subsequently to the engaging of the second flange onthe outer end portion of the core to prevent the second flange frombeing thrown off the horns by centrifugal force created by the rotationof the turret. The means to engage a core on the horns comprises aseries or" reciprocatory fingers to engage and intermittently advance aplurality of cores toward the turret and engage the first core on a hornpositioned relative to said means. Means are interposed betweenpredetermined cores being fed to the turret and means to feed anges tothe iiange support whereby the absence oi cores at predetermineddistances from the turret will prevent the feeding of the flange to theflange support and the engaging of the anges by the plungers onto thehorns. The means to crimp the opposite ends of the core with the flangescomprises a reciprocatory die to engage the outer end of the core andthe second liange and force the inner end of the core and the first angeinto engagement with a die arranged on the horns, whereby both ends ofthe core are secured simultaneously to the flanges. The second turret isactuated by the rotation of the first turret to position one of itshorns in alinement with the horn of the first turret having a formedspool thereon and relative to reciproeating means to transfer said spoolfrom the first turret to the second turret, position another of itshorns having a spool thereon relative to punch mechanism to form thetongue in the core thereof, and position the other horn carrying a spoolarranged with a tongue relative to a i'eciprocatory arm to engage andstrip said spool from said other horn, the spools on the horns of thesecond turret traveling from the punch mechanism to the stripper armbeing partially moved toward the free ends of the horns by a cam forengagement with the stripper arm.

In the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this application,Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the apparatus constituting theembodiment of this invention.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the apparatus looking at the top of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary elevational view, partly in section and on anenlarged scale, of the series of reciprocatory fingers for advancingspool cores toward the first turret and actuating means therefor, andshowing a core being engaged on a horn of said turret.

Figure 4 is a plan view of the rear portion of the series of fingersshowing in full lines the advanced position. of the fingers and indotted lines the initial position of said. fingers.

Figure 5 is an end elevational view of the apparatus looking at the leftof Figure 3 and showing the means interposed between predetermined coresand the means to feed flanges to the ange supports in normal position toprevent the feeding of anges, and separable support for the cores beingadvanced by the reciprocatory fingers with a portion of said supportbeing shown in separated position in dotted lines.

Figure G is a fragmentary view of the controlling means for the flangefeeding means showing said controlling means being actuated by a core toposition to permit the feeding of flanges.

Figure 7 is a plan View, on an enlarged scale, of the rst rotatableturret and the means at the successive stations of the horns of saidturret for assembling spools and reciprocating means for transferringformed spools from the first turret to the second turret.

Figure 8 is a fragmentary view of the reciprocating means to transferthe formed spool from the horns of the first turret to the horns of thesecond turret, and showing said means in position engaging a spoolcarried by a horn of the first turret with a horn of the second turretin position to receive said spool.

Figure 9 is a fragmentary View of a horn on the second turret showing aspool having the tongue therein being engaged and moved toward the freeend of the horn by the cam in position to be engaged by the stripperarm.

Figure l0 is a perspective View of the reciprocating means fortransferring the formed spools from the first turret to the secondturret.

Figure li is a sectional view, on an enlarged scale, taken substantialyon the line 1|*II of Figure 2 looking in the direction of the arrows toshow the actuating means for the first turret, the structure of thehorns of the first turret, the positioning of a core on a horn of thefirst turret in engagement with a flange on said horn, and

the means for crimping the opposite ends of the core with the flanges,and with the opposite end portions of the apparatus broken away.

Figure 12 is a sectional View, on an enlarged scale. taken substantiallyon the line IZ-IZ of Figure looking in the direction of the arrowsshowing the means to engage the anges on the horns of the first turret.

Figure 13 is a fragmentary view of the plunger in section for engagingthe second flange on the outer end of the core and showing the means forflaring the outer end of the core.

Figure .1.4 is a sectional View, on an enlarged scale, taken on the lineiik-I4 of Figure 2 looking in the direction of the arrows to show meansadapted to engage opposite portions of the core prior to engagement ofthe reciprocatoiy die with the outer end of the core to maintain thefianges a predetermined distance apart during the crimping of theopposite ends of the core with the flanges.

Figure 15 is a fragmentary view, partly in section, showing the relativepositions of the core engaging means shown in Figure 14 and thereciprocatory die prior to the engaging of the core by said means andthe crimping of the core with the flanges, as shown in Figure 11.

Figure 16 is a fragmentary view of the punch mechanism for forming atongue in the core of a formed spool and showing the mechanism in tongueforming position in dotted lines.

Figure 17 is a fragmentary view of a partially formed spool prior to theoperation of the reciprocatory die.

Figure 18 is a fragmentary view of one end of a spool showing theinitial crimping of an end y of the core with a flange.

Figure 19 is a view similar to Figure 18 showing the final crimping ofan end of the core with a iiange.

Figure 2O is a front elevational view of a pocket f,

for positioning a ange relative to the plungers for engaging the flangeon the horns; and

Figure 21 is a perspective View of a slide for feeding flanges from ahopper to the pocket shown in Figure 20.

In carrying out the invention illustrated in the accompanying drawingsthe operative parts are mounted on a suitable framework comprising atable T supported from a base B by standards S, and said operative partsbeing actuated from a crank shaft 22 rotatably mounted to extendtransversely of the table T at the opposite end portions in bearings ofa yoke shaped bracket 23 xed to the table T and supported by a standardS. Said crank shaft 22 is adapted to be operatively connected to asource of power, such as an electric motor, not shown, by a belt adaptedto be engaged on a pulley 24 loosely mounted on an end portion of thecrank shaft extending from a bearing therefor and adapted to beconnected to the crank shaft by a clutch member 25 rotatable with andslidable on said crank shaft and actuated into and out of engagementwith the hub of the pulley by a lever 26 pivotally mounted in abifurcation 21 arranged on the standard S below the bracket 23. Saidlever 26 has an intermediate circular portion 28 encircling the clutchmember and arranged with pins to engage an annular groove in the clutchmember, as at 29 in Figure 2, to permit rotation of the clutch memberwith the crank shaft 22. The reciprocatory die for securing the core tothe flanges is actuated directly from the crank shaft as hereinafterdescribed and the remaining operative parts of the apparatus areactuated from a shaft 30 rotatably mounted in bearings of hangers 3|suspended from the table 'I' to support the shaft longitudinally of theapparatus between the table T and hase B. One end of the shaft 30 isarranged with bevelled gear 32 fixed to the shaft and meshing with acorresponding bevelled gear 33 xed`=y mounted on an intermediate portionof e, shaft 34 rotatably supported at the opposite ends in bearings 35arranged in the legs of the standard S below the bearings of bracket 23.The shaft 34 is driven from the crank shaft 22 through gears fixed tethe ends of the shafts S22 and 3Q- meshing with each other and enclosedin a casing 37 mounted on the framework of the apparatus to prevent anacciunulation of foreign matter about said gear and injury to theoperator of the apparatus.

A series of supports in the form of horns 38 having one end reduced, asat 39, and engaged in a socket of a corresponding series of socketmembers 40 arranged With a shank portion 4I engaged in an opening of aseries of openings 42 arranged in the sides of a head 43 releasablymounted on a turret 44 rotatably mounted in vertically alined bearings45 arranged in the table T on the longitudinal axis and intermediate theends thereof. The horns 38 are releasably retained in the socket members40 by set screws 46 (Figure l2) screw threaded in the socket members toabut the reduced ends 39 of the horns so that the horns may readily bereplaced by horns adapted to support spool cores of diiferent lengthsand diameters. The outer end of each horn is reduced to approximatelythe diameter or" the core of the spool desired to be made, as at 59, andthe shoulder formed by said outer reduced portion 59 and the body 38 ofthe horn is arranged with an annular recess or groove 6l) to form a ydiefor crimping one end of the core to a iiange, which operation will bemore fully described hereinafter. Each horn is arranged with strippermechanism comprising an annular member or sleeve 'I3 encircling the hornbody 38 and slidably mounted on headed pins 'i4 xed in and projectinglongitudinally from the socket member 48 with the annular member beingyieldingly urged toward the reduced outer end 59 of the horn by springscompressed between the outer end of the annular member and a recess inthe socket member, as clearly shown at 15 in Figure 1l. The outwardmovement of the annular member 13 toward the horn end 59 is limited bythe heads of the pins engaging the inner end of the annular member, asshown in the left hand horn of Figure 11. The operation of the strippermechanism will be more fully described hereinafter. The socket members40 are adjustable in the head 43 to Vary the extent said members extendfrom the head and said members 49 are retained in adjusted position byset screws screw-threaded in the head to abut the shank portions 4| andarranged with lock nuts, as at 4'?, and a section of each shank portionadjacent the socket is screw threaded for the engagement of a lockingnut 43 adapted to be engaged on the shank abutting the side of the headand secured in such position by a clamping plate 49 releasably mountedon the head 43 by screws 50.

The head 43 is adjustably mounted on the turret 44 to properly positionthe horns relative to the operative parts of the apparatus by clampingthe head to an annular shoulder 5I arranged on the turret. The head 43is clamped to the shoulder 5l by a nut 52 screw threaded on a reducedextremity of the turret extending above the head and adapted to abut awasher 53 engaged on said reduced extremity of the turret and abutting acollar 54 keyed to an intermediate reduced portion of the turret, asshown at 55 in Figure 11, and having an annular exterior shoulderadapted to abut the head 43. The head is locked in adjusted position byan annular member 56 arranged with a shoulder in the bore thereof toform a lock joint with the shoulder` of the collar 54, as at 5l, and theannular member is secured to the head by bolts 58 engaged in said memberand the head. By this construction it is possible to maintain theadjusted position of the head relative to the collar 54 while the collarwith the head and associated horns connected thereto are removed fromthe turret to be replaced by a head having a diiferent number or type ofhorns, and the replaced head may again be positioned on the turretwithout requiring readjustment of the head relative to the annularmember 55. In the present instance, the head is of octagonal shape withthe openings 42 for the socket members 4D in each lateral face of thehead.

The turret 44 is intermittently rotated to present each horn 38 to eightstations a, b, o, d, e, f, g, h, by a Geneva mechanism comprising awheel 6I keyed to the turret 4d, as at 62 in Figure 11, and arrangedwith eight recesses 53 equidistantly spaced about the periphery andextended radially inward, with the portions of the periphery of thewheel 5i between the recesses being of curved or convexed form, as atd4. The wheel 6I is intermittently actuated from the 1ongitudinal shaft33 by rollers 65 rotatably mounted on pins 65 fixed in and extendingperpendicularly from a disk 6l xed to a countershaft 63 rotatablymounted in a bearing boss B9 of a housing 10 with one end of thecountershaft 53 being arranged with a bevelled gear H meshing with abevelled pinion 'I2 xedly mounted on the shaft 3U. In the presentinstance the disk 5? is arranged with two rollers 65, so that onerevolution of the disk 6l will impart two intermittent movements to theturret 44 and position the horns 38 to two succeeding stations. Thehousing it is supported from the underface of the table T and isarranged with one of the bearings for the turret 44. The housing it isadapted to enclose the wheel 6l and disk El to prevent the accumulationof foreign matter about the saine. Two of the bearing hangers 3l areSupported by the housing 10, as shown in Figure il.

The initial station a of each of the horns is relative to means forengaging a flange or head i of a spool on the reduced end 59 of thehorns in abutting relation with the stripper sleeve '13. The flangesused in the apparatus are of annular shape formed from sheet metalhaving the outer peripheral edge beaded or curled, as at y" in Figure17, and the peripheral portion of the central opening extended in thedirection and of a length substantially the depth of the bead, as at k,so that an annular recess is formed in one face of the flange. It is tobe understood that the flange may be of any shape, such as circular,square, hexahedral or octagonal. The flange engaging means is carried bya bifurcated bracket or standard T5 having lateral flanges secured to aside edge of the table T intermediate the ends thereof, as at Ti, and aplatform 'i8 supported at the opposite ends by the side walls of thebiiiucated bracket to extend transversely of the bracket and constitutethe supporting bottom of a hopper for the ianges comprising an annularbase member 'i3 supported by the opposite side walls of the bracket iswith the lower end thereof spaced from the platform i3 a distanceslightiy greater than the thickness of a ange i, The diameter of thebase member l! is slightly g1' eater than the diameter of the flange z'to retain said flanges in stack formation with the lowermost flangebeing supported by the platform and to decrease the cost ofconstruction, the base member "i3 may be rather narrow or short and aseries of posts 85 are mounted in the upper end of the base member tomaintain the flanges in stack formation to any desirable height.

To position and support the lowermost flange of the stack of flanges onedge in horizontal alinement with the horn 38 positioned at said initialton there .is provided a support in the form of a pocket in the face ofthe bracket "i6 extending parallelly of the axis of the rotation of the:l and in opposed relation 'to the horn 33 'lg a rectangular r cess orchannel 8 in said face and a corresponding plate 8E xed at the oppositelongitudinal edge portions to the adjacent the marginal edges of therecess (Figure 20) and arranged with an elongated opening having arectangular portion 83 at the upper end thereof and a circular portion81'; at the lower end in alinement with the hor. at said station.maintain the flange in a vertical plane in registry with the circular`portion i of the opening in plate 8'2, a pair of jaws are slidablymounted in opposed recesses in the plate 8f?. at diametrically oppositeportions of the ciropening 84 with the gripping faces of the As ofarcuate form corresponding to the curvaof the flange and yieldinglyurged toward ch other into gripping engagement with the fixed at one endon the side edges of the plate ith the free ends engaging the jaws.

ransferred from the hopper to the ilange suppocket by a slide Si havinga cut out tion one end with the marginal edges lercut, as indicated at88 in Figure to enlowermost flange being supported on piatform i3 andseparate said flange from ange above said engaged flange, The slide iswalls of the bracket l and reciproca ed tcward and away from the hopperby a slide block Si? arranged with a recess in the upper face thereofreceive the rear end of the slide 8l', as shown at i5! in Figure 12. Theslide block 9G is lslide-,ble in slideways 92 below the slideways 89 inthe opposite side walls of the bracket H8 and actuated from thelongitudinal shaft 30 through a lever 33 pivotally mounted in the lowerportion o1" the bracket l5, as at IM, with the free end of the upper armof the lever bifurcated to engage a pin in an arcuate recess in theslide block, as at The free end of the lower arm of the lever isbifurcated for the pivotal mounting a collar QG having adjustablysecured thereto one end o.r a connecting rod 9? having an elongatedstrap 98 connected to the opposite end of the rod and encircling theshaft 30 adjacent a disk @il xedly mounted on the shaft and adapted toengage rollers lll@ rotatably carried by the diareetrically opposite endportions of th strap. The slide 8l is connected to the slide block Silto impart retrograde movement of block to the slide by a latch lilipivoted end on the upper face of the slide 3l with l free ond of hookformation to engage the oi" the slide block 9G, as at H82 in l2 and 2i.The hook end HG2 of the latch normally positioned out of engagement withtho slide block 96, for a purpose to be hereinafter disclosed, by aslide IBS slidably mounted in a .idev-Jay formed by a plate IGA inconjunction with` a recess in the exterior of a side wall of the bracketl, to engage an arm i053 fixed to and extending laterally from the latchlll! under the uence of a spring H26 anchored at one end on exterior oi"the side wall of the bracket i3 with the opposite end attached to anangle por- ;ion of a triangular plate lill' pivotally mounted at anotherangle portion thereof on the bracket whereby the remaining angle portionof the which is beveled, as at 39, to tilt and direct the fla under theforce of gravity to slide down a sloping portion l it! of the face ofthe bracket l5 into the portion of the pocket in said face arranged withthe circular opening 8d, as shown in Figure l2.

The .a/nge positioned in the supporting pocket 8l of the bracket 7G inalinement with the circular opening of the plate 82 is engaged on tl^reduced end "9 of the horn 38 positioned at station d by a hollowplunger lll slidably mounted in tubular portion H2 integral with andextending laterally from the rear of the face of lzet lli. Said plungeris reciprocated in the iubeiar por ion by the lever 93 by beingadjustably connected to the upper arm of lever 93 by a screw threadedlink H3 screw threaded in socket portion Elfi at the rear end of theplunger' with the link being maintained in adjuted position in saidsocket by a lock nut H5 ,i the free end of the link arranged with aurcation H5 straddling the lever and adjistabiy connected theretothrough a pin and slot connection i il which is maintained in adjustedposition by a set screw engaged in a boss of tile slot in the lever, asshown at l I8 in Figure l2. By this arrangement of parts a flange ispositioned on the horn 38 by the plunger lli simultaneously to thefeeding of a flange from the hopper 'FQ by the slide 8l, said latterflange being moin tained on the sloping portion Il@ of the face cr thebracket l by the plunger lli in its advanced flange-engaging position,as shown in Figure l2, and will drop into the pocket o!" the brfckct Viwhen the plunger is in its rearward position to be positioned by theplunger in the succeeding forward movement thereof onto the succeedinghorn. To prevent the withdrawing of flange positioned on a horn fromsaid horn by retrograde movement of the plunger ill, means to engage andmaintain said fiange on the horn provided comprising a head H9 slidablymounted on a rod 20 xed at one end the end of the bore of the plunger ll! to extend centrally thereof and terminating adjacent to the outer endof the plunger with an enlarged end thereof engaged in a recess in theouter end of the head l if), as at l2! in Figure so that the outwardmovement of the head it? is limited. Said head is normally positioned toextend from the outer end of the plunger by o 'g 227i coiled about therod between the the bore of the plunger and the head. cad lill moveswith the plunger' fil and o the forward movement of the plunger in ingflange on a horn, the head will enthe end of the horn and compress thespring permitting the plunger to continue its for- '.rd movement andengage the )flange on the During the retrograde movement of thepui-nger, the head li-l will be maintained in enwith the horn under theinfluence of ing E? and strip the flange from the and in the rearwardposition oi the will be positioned within the tubular pors'l out of thepocket 3l by the enlarged i of the rod EEG.

The flanges i are supported in the hopper 'I9 with the recessed facesformed by the bead 7' and the central extended portion lc uppermost sothat the flanges will be positioned in the supporting pocket 8| withsaid recessed face opposite the horn and be engaged on the horn with therecessed face in opposed relation to the annular member |3 of thestripper mechanism of the horns, as shown in Figure 12.

After a iiange iis positioned on a horn, the turret is actuated toposition said horn at station b where no operation takes place.

At station c, a tubular core l is positioned on the reduced end 59 ofthe horn 38 with the forward end portion of the core in engagement withthe central extension lc of the flange z and said forward end of thecore projecting from the extension 7c into the die recess 59 of thehorn. The cores l may be supplied to the apparatus from a suitablehopper or directly from apparatus for making said cores. Core makingapparatus of the type embodied in my pending application Serial No.77,589 filed May 2, 1936, may be utilized in conjunction with thepresent apparatus, and in which core making apparatus, the cores areformed from a flat sheet of metal about a man rel |23 (Figures 1,2, 3and 4) extending from said core making apparatus to the apparatus of thepresent application and terminating in a tubular holder or support forthe cores. The tubular holder for the cores comprises a pair ofsemi-circular members |24, |25, member |24 being i'lxedly mounted on thetable T by a longitudinal bracket |25 supported at one end on the tableopposite the end arranged with the crank shaft 22 and having verticalsupports iZ with the upper ends arranged to engage and support theholder member |24. The core supporting member |25 is movably mounted tohave movement toward and away from the member |24 and permit aninspection and removal of cores therefrom by arranging the member |25with a vertical rib |28 adapted to be engaged in recesses arranged inarms |29 and releasably retained in said recesses by screws, as at inFigure 5, with the arms |29 sildably mounted on posts |3| fixed in andextending perpendicularly from one side of the bracket |25. The arms |29are maintained in adjusted position on the posts |35 by set screws |32threaded in the arms to engage the posts, whereby the member |25 may bepositioned various distances from the member |24 to provide longitudinalslots |54 on the opposite sides of the holder, and as shown in dottedlines in Figure 5, to permit inspection and removal of cores, and alsofor the purpose of accommodatiang cores of different diameters.

The cores are transferred from the mandrel |23 to the support |24, |25and intermittently moved along said support by a series of fingers ordogs |33 pivotally mounted on pins |34 fixed in and extendingperpendioularly from equidistantly spaced supports |35 integral with andextended from opposite side portions of a slide |35 slidably supportedin a siideway formed in a longitudinal channel portion |3 of the bracketwith gibs |32 fixed on the opposite side walls of the channel to extendover the slide |35, as clearly shown in Figure 5. The slide |35 isreciprocated toward and away from the mandrel |23 and the hornpositioned at station c by the rotation of the shaft 39 through a crankmechanism comprising a collar |39 xedly engaged on the end of the shaft35 extending from a hanger 3| and having a pin |49 xed in and extendinglongitudinally therefrom and rotatably engaged by a boss of a socketmember |4| havingscrew threaded thereto one end of a rod |42 having theopposite end adjustably carrying a sleeve |43 pivotally connected to anarm |44 rotatably mounted on a stud shaft |45 xedly supported in a boss|45 mounted on the end of the table T. The arm |44 is arranged is carrya bevelled gear |41 meshing with a bevelled gear |43 fixedly mounted onthe end of a shaft |49 rotatably mounted in bifurcated portions |59 ofthe bracket |25. The reciprocation of the shaft |49 by the movement ofthe crank rod |42 will reciprocate an arm |5| fixedly mounted on theshaft |49 and pivotally connected to the slide |33` through a pin andslot connection |52` The channel portion |31 of the bracket |25 isarranged with an elongated opening |53 to permit reciprocation of thepin and slot connection |52, and the supports |35 of the slide |35 arepositioned on opposite sides of the supports |2`| for the coresupporting member |24 to position the fingers |33 in alinement with theopposite slots |54 in the core support |24, |25. The free ends of thefingers |33 are yieldingly urged to extend through said opposite slots|54 to engage the rear end edges of the cores on the mandrel |23 and inthe support |24, |25, by leaf springs |55 xed at one end in the pivotpins |34 with the free ends engaging pins |55 xed in and projecting fromthe fmgers |33 intermediate the pivot pins |34 and the free end of thefingers |33. The free ends of the fingers are positioned in the coresupport |24, |25 and recesses |5'| on opposite sides o-f the mandrel |23by ears |58 integral with and extending rearwardly from the pivoted endsof the fingers to engage stop pins 55 nxed in and extendingperpendicularly from the fingers supports |35. The slide |35 in itsrearward position will position the last pair of fingers |33 to engagethe rear edge of a core on the mandrel |23 which core has beenpositioned adjacent the end of the mandrel within the core support |24,|25 by the feeding mechanism of the core forming apparatus, not shown,so that the forward movement of the slide will transfer said core fromthe mandrel to the core support |24, |25, and the rst pair of fingerswill transfer a core from the core support |24, |25 to the reduced end59 of the horn positioned at station c. The forward end of the core willreadily engage the central opening of the flange i on the reduced end 59of the horn D 38 positioned at station c as the ange about said openingtherein extends in an arcuate direction to the extending portion kthereof.

During the retrograde movement of the slide |36 the fingers |33 aremoved out of the opposite slots |54 of the core holder |24, |25 againstthe force of the springs |55 by engaging the cores in the holder |24,|25, and to prevent the cores being moved from their advanced positions,the cores are retained in their advanced position by detents |69 carriedat one end of resilient members |6| fixed at the other ends to thebottom of the core supporting member |24 to normally position thedetents into openings in the member |24. The forward face of the detentsisangularly recessed to engage the rear edge of the advanced cores, asshown in Figure 11, and the rearward face thereof of arcuate shape topermit the advancing cores to ride over and move the detents through theopenings in the member |24 against the force of the resilient membersand out of the path of movement of the advancing cores.

To prevent the iiange i being expelled from the reduced ends 59 of thehorns 38 by centrifugal force through the rotation of the turret 44 inpo- Cil sitioning the horns at stations b and c, there is provided apair of guide rails |62 extending in an arcuate direction from theflange supporting pocket 8| in the bracket 16 to a point past the coresupporting members |24, |25, above and below the reduced horn end 59,and supported by brackets |63 mounted on the face of the bracket 16 andon a side wall of the channel |31 of the bracket |25, as shown inFigures 1, 2 and 7.

After a core Z is engaged on the reduced end 59 of the horn 3S inengagement with a flange z' thereon, said horn is advanced to station dwhere no operation is performed, and from station d the horn is moved tostation e where a second flange i is engaged on the outer end of thecore with said outer end of the core projecting from the extension lc ofthe central opening of the fiange i. The means for engaging the flangesz" on the cores are of identical structure as the means for engaging theflanges z' on the reduced ends of the horns, and therefore, adescription of the same is believed to be unnecessary and likecharacters will designate like parts in both means for engaging flangesi and i on the horns. The plunger of the means for engaging the flange ion the outer end of the core is not arranged with the slidable stripperhead |19 but has a head |64 (Figure 13) fixedly mounted in the bore ofthe plunger with an annular enlarged portion intermediate the ends ofthe head abutting a shoulder formed in the bore of the plunger, as at|65. The outer end of the head has a se"- tion flaring from theintermediate enlarged portion thereof, as at |66, to engage and flarethe end portion of the core projecting from the flange 7c after saidflange z" is engaged on the core, as shown at m in Figures 13 and 1'7.The head |64 is secured in the bore of the plunger ||I by a screw l 61engaged in the head and screw threaded in the plunger with the head ofthe screw counter-sunk in the head |64, as shown in dotted lines at |68in Figure 13.

To prevent the waste of the fianges z' and i when there has been no coreengaged on the reduced end 59 of the horn 35 by the first pair oflingers |33, the latches 18| of both means for feeding the flanges i andi" are normally positioned out of engagement with the slide blocks 38 toprevent the actuation of the slides 81 and the feeding of the flanges tothe flange supporting pockets 8|, as hereinbefore described. The latchesare maintained in their normal inoperative positions if cores are absentat predetermined points in the core supporting members |24, |25, and ifcores are at said points, the latches are actuated to engage and connectthe slide blocks 9!! with the slides 81 against the tension of thesprings |06. This purpose is accomplished in conjunction with the meansfor feeding the flanges z' by a shaft |59 rotatably mounted in bearingsof brackets supported on the table 'I' on one side of the bracket 16 ofsaid feeding means with one end of the shaft terminating adjacent saidbracket 16 and carrying an arm |1| having a set screw |12 adjustablymounted in the free end of the arm to engage the projection |08 of theslide G3 of said feeding means, as shown in Figures 1 and 2. Theopposite end of the shaft |69 carries another arm |13 having at the freeend thereof a link connection |14 with an intermediate portion of a pairof levers |15 pivotally mounted at one end on opposite sides of one ofthe brackets |16 with the other end of said levers arranged with a shoein the form of a plate |16 having a recess in the upper edge thereof toengage the lower edge and outer sides of the levers |15, as shown at |11in Figures 3 to 5, inclusive. The shoe plate |16 is adjustably mountedon the levers |15 to have movement longitudinally of said levers by aclamping plate |18 engaged over the upper edges of the levers |15 and ascrew |19 engaged in the plate to extend between the levers and screwthreaded in the shoe plate. The lower end of the shoe plate |16 isadjustably positioned by an abutment member |89 screw threaded in avertically extended portion 18| of a side wall of the channel portion|31 with the head of the abutment adapted to engage the lower edge ofthe levers |15, as shown in Figure 5, so that the lower end of the shoeplate will be engaged by an actuator plate |82 pivotally mounted on thepivot Din |34 of the right hand finger |33 of the last pair of fingers,looking at Figures 3 to 5, inclusive, the actuator plate |82 having alateral extension |83 at the outer side edge thereof with the oppositeinner side edge yieldingly positioned to extend into the right handrecess |51 of the mandrel |23 and through the right hand slot |54 of thecore supporting members |24, |25 to engage a core being transferred fromthe mandrel |23 to the core support |24, |25 and which will bepositioned on the reduced end 59 of the horn 38 which is positioned atstation g when said core is in position to engage the inner edge of theactuator plate 182 and position the actuator plate extension |53 inengagement with the shoe plate |16, thereby lifting said shoe plate andthe free ends of the levers |15 and arm |13, rotating the shaft |69 in aclockwise direction, actuating the set screw |12 into engagement withthe projection |08 and depressing the slide l 63 against the force ofspring |06 which will permit the latch ||l| under the force of gravityto engage the slide block 96 and the feeding of the lowermost flange z'from the hopper 19 by the slide 81 to the pocket 8| to be engaged by theplunger on the horn which is positioned at station g when the slide 81is connected to the slide block 90. The inner side edge of the actuatorplate |82 is yieldingly urged into the slot |54 by a leaf spring |84fixed at one end in the pivot pin |34 of the plate |82 with the free endthereof engaging a pin |85 fixed in. and extending perpendicularly fromthe plate |52 adjacent the outer side edge thereof. To facilitate theengaging and lifting of the shoe plate |16 by the actuator plate |82 theforward end edge of the actuator plate is bevelled, as at |36, and theside edge of the shoe plate |16 adjacent the bevelled end |86 of theactuator plate is cut away and bevelled, as at |81 in Figures 1 and 3.The core feeding finger |33 which is mounted on the pivot pin |34 onwhich the actuator plate |82 is mounted, is of approximately half thethickness as the other fingers |33, and the actuator plate |82 is ofsimilar thickness to permit both of said finger and plate to enter theslot |54 of the core supporting members |24, |25. Should there be nocore on the mandrel |23 to be transferred to the core support |24, |25,the lateral extension |83 of the actuator plate |82 will be positionedby the spring |84 out of engagement with the shoe plate |15 and thelatch |0| will be maintained out of engagement with the slide block 90by the spring |06 and no flange z' will be fed and positioned on thedesignated horn at station g.

Should there be no core in supporting members |24, to be .engaged by thefirst pair of feeding fingers |33 and be positioned on the l portion ofthe rod horn at station c, the feeding means for the flanges i will berendered or remain inoperative so that no flange i will be engaged onthe horn that has no core engaged thereon, by mechanism which isidentical in structure and operation with the mechanism for actuatingthe latch |9| into engagement with the slide block 9|] of the means forfeeding the flanges z' to the horns at station d except that the shaft|69 of the mechanism for controlling the feleding of the flanges i doesnot extend beyond the end of the table T as the shoe plate |16 ispositioned relative to the left hand finger of the first pair of fingers|33, as clearly shown in Figures l, 2, 3 and 5, and therefore, likecharacters will designate like parts in both mechanism for actuating thelatches IUI.

rihe outer end of the core engaged on the horn positioned at station d,will be engaged by a fiange i which is supported on the sloping portion|19 of the face of the bracket 19 mounted on the left hand side of thetable T, as shown in Figure 12.

After the second flange i has been engaged on the free end of the coreZ, the horn at station e is actuated to station f where no operation isperformed and then said horn is positicned at station g where theopposite end portions of the core Z are curled or crimped with thecentral extensions 7c, lc of the flanges i, i', respectively, to form acomplete spool with the flanges secured to the core. During the travelof the horn from station e to station g the second flange i is retainedon the core by flared end m of the core.

Thel opposite ends of the core are curled or crimped with the centralextension of the flanges by the die 90 arranged in the face of each ofthe horn bodies 39 and a reciprocating die at station g comprising ahead |93 having a face arranged with a reduced portion |89 and anannular recess or groove i90 extending about the reduced portion to forma die portion corresponding to the die 99 with a protuberance |91extending centrally from the reduced portion |99 to engage acorresponding recess |92 in the reduced portion 59 of the horns 38(Figure 15) during the crimping operation to aline the horns 39 atstation g with the reciprocating die. The head 188 is arranged with ashank portion |93 extending from the rear thereof to engage and mountthe head in a socket member |94 releasably mounted in a recess of across head |95 secured to a slide |96 slidably mounted in a slidewayformed on the table T between the legs of the yoke shaped bracket 23 byblocks |91 adjustably mounted on the legs of the bracket to havemovement toward and away from each other by set screws 99 and gibs |99secured to the slideway blocks |91. The slide is reciprocated by the!crank shaft 22 through a connecting rod 299 having screw threaded endportions with one end portion adjustably engaged in a longitudinallysplit tubular portion 20| of a split collar member 292 engaged on acrank pin 203 of the crank shaft with the engagement betweeln the rodand the split tubular portion being secured by clamping the tubularportion to the rod through a clamping screw 204. The other screwthreaded end 29|) is adjustably engaged in a longitudinally splittubular portion 295 of a cellar member 209 engaged on a pin 291 mountedat the end and extending between the walls or a bifurcation 298 at therear end of theiy slide |96 with the rod retained in adjusted positionin the tubular portion 205 by a clamping screw 299 engaged in the splitcollar portion 295. The intermediate portion of the connecting rod 299is arranged for the application of an implement to rotate the same, suchas a wrench, and as shown is arranged for the application of a pinwrench. By the forward movement of the slide. |96 tcward the hornpositioned at station g, the die groove |99 will engage the flaring endm of the core Z and primarily curl said end with the cenextension k ofthe flange i', as shown at n in Figure 18, and simultaneously engage theopposite end of the core and the! central extension 1c of the flange iagainst the die groove 59 of the horn and primarily curl said oppositeend of the core with the flange extension lc. The extreme forwardmovement of the slide |96 will finally curl both ends of the core withthe extensions .7c and lc. as shown at o in Figure 19, whereby the corel is securely connected to the ianges -i and i. To prevent the formedspool being withdrawn from thel horn by the retrograde move ment of thedie head |88, stripper mechanism similar to the stripper mechanism 13 ofthe horn is provided, comprising an annular member 219 slidably mountedon the die head |39 to have limited movement by headed pins 2| i fixedin the socket member |94 and engaging openings in the annular member andsaid member is yieldingly urged against the spool flange i to strip thespool core from the reduced portion |39 of the die head by springshaving the opposite ends engaged in recesses in the annular member 2|0and socket member |94, as at 2|2 in Figure 1i.

To prevent the crimping action of the reciprocating die head |88 fromcollapsing the core and maintain the spool flanges at a predetermineddistance from each other, clamping means are provided to engage thespool core prior to the crimping of the spool core with the extensionslc, it of the flanges i, i', comprising a pair of jaws in the form ofplates 2 3 having one end arranged with an arcuate recess 2|4 to engageopposite upper and lower portions of the core and the opposite ends ofsaid jaw plates arranged with a transverse head 2|5 slidably mounted ina slideway 2|6 of greater length than the length of the transverseheads. Said slideway 2|6 is arranged in carriers 2|1, 2|8 slidablymounted in channel members 259 having flanges fixed to cross members229, 22| by clamping plates, as at 222, with said cross members havingbosses 223 at the opposite ends engaged on tubular members 224 mountedin tubular portions 225 integral with and extending below the table Twith an annular flange of each tubular member 224 engaging the upperface of the table to support the tubular members 224 on the table, as at226. The cross member 220 is supported on the tubular members in spacedrelation to the cross member 22| and above the axes of the reciprocatorydie |39 and the horns 38 by sleeves 221 engaged on the tubular members224 with the ends abutting the bosses 223 of the cross members 220, 22|.The bosses 223 of the cross member 22| have recessed portions to engagethe annular flanges 226 of the tubular members and permit the supportingof said bosses by the table T, as clearly shown in Figure 14. Thecarrier 2|1 is associated with the cross member 220 and is adjustablysupported in the channel member 2|9 by a thumb screw 22S screw threadedat one end in a screw threaded bore 229 in the carrier 2|1 and having areduced portion 23|) engaged in a recess 23| midway of the ends of aplate 232 xedly engaged at said ends on rods 233 having shoulders 234 toengage and support the plate. and said rods being siidably mounted inthe tubular members 224. The .screw 228 is adapted to be adjusted byrotating the same in the plate 232 through the thumb head thereof and isretained in adjusted position in the carrier member' 2li by a lock nutengaged on the screw in abutting relation to the carrier, as shown at inFigure ill. The rods 233 are secured to the plate Z232 by washers andnuts engaged on the ends of the rods projecting above the plate 232 withthe shoulders 234 abutting the lower face of the plate, as at 236. Thecarrier 2l8 is associated with the cross member ZZl and is slidablysupported in the channel member i9 of said cross member 225i by a thumbscrew 237 screw threaded at e end in a screw threaded bore 238 in thecari r and having a reduced portion 239 adja fnt the liead of the screwengaged in a recess 2 J midway of the bilurcated ends of a connecti gmember connected to the rods 233 through toggle connections comprisingpairs of links pivotally mounted intermediate their ends on pair ofsleeves 243 engaged on the tubular members 22d with one end of saidlinks piroted in the bifurcated ends of the connecting member 24 and theopposite ends thereof pivotally connected to one end of pairs of links244 pivotally connected at the opposite ends to the projecting ends of across member 245. The lower ends ol the rods "M are fixed to the crossuw member 2515, as by nuts 2&6 engaged on the rods to abut the oppositefaces of said cross member. The rods 233 are reciprocated and the jaws2i4 are actuated toward and away from each other through the toggleconnections 242, 254 by a cam disk 24? fixedly carried by the shaft 33and a roller 24S rotatably mounted in an arcuate recess the cross member245 and yieldingly urged in a direction to engage the cam by springs 249connected at one end to the end projections of the cross member 245 andthe opposite ends anchored to the base B by eye bolts engaged in the Thesprings will also urge the jaws 2|4 toward each other and the Lipper'and lower peripheral portions of the core on the reduced end '"l of thehorn "2 positioned at station g, The

viv GU cross 252iand the sleeves 243 are remenmer t tained on thetubular members 224 by nuts 2.5i engaged on the opposite ends of thetubular members 224 in abutting relation with the cross member andsleeves, said nuts being arranged for the application oi' a pin wrench,as shown in Figures 1l and lll. lt will readily be seen by thedisclosure of Figure i4 that the upward movement of the rods .233 by thehigh portion of the cam disk Ef?? engaging' the roller 24S will actuatethe carrier 2H and the jaw 2M carried thereby an upward direction awayfrom the core on the horn 3B at station g and actuate the carrier 2i8and the jaw 2114 carried thereby in a downward direction away from thecore on the horn 38 at station g by moving the connected portions of thelinks 244 in an upward direction, as shown in lull lines, and thedownward movement oi the rods under the force of the springs 249 willmove the jaw carrier 2li in a downward direction toward the core on thehorn at station g and actuate the jaw Carr @lo in an upward dir -ctiontoward the lower portion of the core on the horn by moving theconnection between the links 242, 244 in a downward direction, as shownin dotted lines. The cam disk 241 is arranged and actuated so that thehigh portion thereof will engage the roller 248 when the reciprocatorydie |90 is spaced from the outer end of the core and the extension lc ofthe flange the inoperative positions of the jaws 2l4 and the die headi83 being shown in Figure l5.

To permit the longitudinal movement ol the core during the forwardcrimping movement of the reciprocatory die head |88 and the crimping ofthe inner end of the core and the central extension Ic of the flange iby the fixed die 6G of the horn 38, the jaw plates 2i 3 will move withsaid core in the slideway 2|6 of the carriers 2H, 218 against the forceof coil springs 252 having one end abutting an end wall of the slidewayand the opposite ends engaged in an elongated recess in one end of thetransverse head 2I5, as shown in Figures 1l and l5. The jaws 2M arenormally positioned centrally of the core on the iorn at station g byset screws 253 engaged in the opposite end wall of the slideway 2i6 toabut the opposite end of the head 2l5 to position the jaws centrally ofthe core against the tension of the springs 252, as shown in Figure 15.

To prevent the jaw plates 2l3 ejecting the flange i from the core on thehorn 38 when said plates are actuated toward and engage the core, thereis provided a plate 254 mounted at the ends on the sleeves 22? andhaving an elongated opening 255 intermediate the ends to permit movementof the die head |88 toward the horn and of such a width that themarginal side portions of the plate will engage the flange as shown inFigures 11 and 14.

After the flanges have been '.ured the core and the spool been uned. thehorn carrying the formed spool is positioned at station 7L when theformed spool is ejected from the horn. Ii it is desirable to form alongue t from the material of the core Z to extend inwardly from thecore for anchoring the web to be wound upon the spool core to said core,the formed spool is transferred from the horn at station 7L to a horn ofanother series of horns eduidistantly spaced about the periphery of ahead 25'! of a second turret 255 rotatably mounted in l boss 259extending from the lower face oL table 'I'. There are three horns 255,in the present instance, having an annular shoulder Edil :ent one endwith said end engaged in rocosas in the turret head 25?, as at 2.3i, andretained in said recesses with the shoulders abutting the head by setscrews 2G?, as shown in Figure ld. The upper portion of the horns 25:5extending from he turret head is arranged with a longitudinal slot 263for a purpose to be hereinafter ef: ribed. The turret is intermittentlyrotated in a clockwise direction, as indica ed by the arrow in Figure 2,to successively position the horns 256 in alineme-nt with the hornspositioned at station 71, by the first turret 4d, from said first turretthrough gear 254 secured to the tui-reiV di? by a clamping plate andbolt enga i :'n the and turret, at in Figures ll and The gear 254 mesheswith a pinion rotatably mounted on a stud carried by the underface ofthe table T, as at 251 in Figure l, to mesh with a .2?)8 lixed to theend oi the turret extending from the bearing boss 259.

The formed spools are transferred from the horns 38 at station 77, tothe horns 25S of the second turret 25B by recipr eating means actuatedduring the interim in the actuation of the turrets 44, 258, comprisingan angular member 259 adjustably mounted on a slide by oolts 2?! engagedin the slide and a slot 2l?. in one angle portion of the member 26S. Theslide 213 is slidangle brackets 3l3 not shown.

To facilitate the ejection of the spool from ie horn 256, the spool ismoved longitudinally on the horn in a direction away from the shoulderas shown in Figure 9, by a cam face 3|0 arranged on the free end of anangle portion of an angular member 3|| fixedly mounted on the table bythe other angle portion thereof with the cam face positioned so that theouter face of the spo-ol flange i will first engage the pointed end ofthe cam face during the movement of the horn 256 from the .punch 285 tothe ejector The cam face is arranged so that the spool will be graduallymoved longitudinally of the horn and the tongue t formed by the punch285 will be loosened from the slot 263.

Should there be no core in the supporting member |24, |25 at theleftmost actuator plate it? (Fig. 2) for the latch |8| of the means 81,for feeding the anges i, the synchronized operation of the apparatus isas follows: After the upper arm of lever 93 at station a moves t0- wardthe turret 44 to actuate the plunger to engage a flange z' on the horn59 at said station and actuate the slide 81 to feed a flange i onto thesloping face Ii, the absence of a core at said leftmost actuator plate|82 renders said latch |8| inoperative. Then the upper arm of lever 93moves away from the turret, but the slide 8i remains inoperative. Uponthe movement of the upper arm of lever 93 from the turret, the plonger iis also moved away from the support 8 I, 82 whereupon the flange i onthe sloping portion H6 will drop into the support 8|, 82. Then the slide|36 operates, but no core is present at the leftmost actuator plate |82and consequently no core is transferred by the fourth pair of' feedingfingers |33, looking at Figure 2. Ewing the movement of the upper arm oflever 52S from the turret, the turret 44 rotates and horn 59 with a.flange i is moved from station a to station b. The upper arm of lever 93movestoward the turret to actuate the plunger and engage the flange i inthe support 8|, 92 onto the horn positioned at station a, but no flangeis fed to the sloping portion im. Then the upper arm of lever moves fromthe turret and the turret rotates to position the horns having flanges ii ereon to stations c and b from stations b and a, i -ectively The lastmovement of the upper arm of lever 93 from the turret may or may notmove the slide 8l therewith depending upon whether there is a core inthe supporting members T25 at the last actuator plate |82 to render thelatch iai operative but the further operation of the lever 93 will be arepetition of the operation thereof hereinbefore described. The slide|36 will actuate the first pair of fingers |33 to engage and move thecore l in the members |24, |25 at first actuator plate |82 for the latch|0| of the means Si, 98 for feeding the cores i at station e, onto thehorn at station c having the nge i thereon and will actuate the secondpair of fingers to move a core l relative to the first 'ua-tor plate582, and the third pair of fingers will not move any core Z. Then theturret will move the horn having the flange i and core there-en fromstation c to station d, move the horn having the flange i thereon fromstation b to station c, and move the horn having no flange from stationa to station b. The slide will aotuate the first pair of fingers |33 toposit n a core Z in the members |24, |25 at the iist actuator plate |82upon the horn having and leading to a depository,

the flange i thereon at station c and the second pair of fingers |33will not move any core l. Then the turret 44 will rotate and move thehorn having the flange i and core l from station d to station e, movethe horn having the flange i and core Z from station c to station d, andmove the horn having no flange i thereon from station b to station c.The slide |35 operates but no core is present in the members |24, |25 atthe first actuator plate |82 and no core l will be engaged on the hornhaving no flange i at station c. Then the upper arm of lever 93connected to the slide block 98 and plunger i at station e moves towardthe turret 44 to position a flange i on the core l positioned on thehorn at station e. Then the upper arm of lever 93 connected to the slideblock 88 and plunger i at station e moves from the turret to removeplunger from the support 8|, 82 whereby flange z" on the sloping portion||ll will drop into the support 8|, 82, and the slide 81 remainsinoperative due to the rendering of the latch |8| inoperative by theabsence of a core l in the members |24, |25 at the first actuator plate|82. Then the turret 44 is rotated to move the horn having the core Zand the flanges i, i at the opposite ends thereon from station e tostation f, move the horn having the core Z and flange i at the inner endthereof from station d to station e, and move the horn without the coreZ or flange i thereon from station c to station d. The upper arm oflever 93 moves toward the turret and actuates the plunger to. positionthe flange i' in the support 8|, 82 onto the core on the horn at statione, but no flange i' is fed to the sloping portion H8. The slide |36 willactuate the first pair of lingers |33 to engage a core on the horn atstation c if said horn has received a flange i at station a. Then theturret 44 rotates and the horn at station j is moved to station g, thehorn at station e is moved to station f, and the horn` without a core lor flange i is moved from station d to station e. The upper arm of lever93 at station e moves toward the turret but no flange i is positioned onthe horn at station e by the plunger and a flange i may be positioned onthe sloping portion |I8 if the latch |8| is rendered operative by a corein the members |24', |25 at the first actuator plate i182 and there willbe a repetition of the operation of the lever 93 as hereinbeforedescribed. The slide |95 moves toward the turret 44 and actuates the die|88 to crimp the flaring end m of the core Z with the extension k of theflange z" and the opposite end of the core l with the extension lc ofthe flange i to form a spool on the horn at station g. Then the turretrotates and moves the horn having a formed spool thereon from station gto station h, moves the horn at station f to station g, and moves thehorn without the core Z and flanges i, i from station e to station f.The slide |95 moves toward the turret and forms the core Z and flangesi, i' on the horn at station g into a spool. The angular member 259moves from the horn 59 at station h to a horn 255 to transfer the formedspool from said horn 59 to horn 256. The slide |95 moves from the turret44. The angular member 289 moves fom the turret 258 to the turret 44.Then the turret 44 rotates to position the horn 59 having the formedspool removed therefrom at station h relative to station a, position thehorn 59 having the formed spool thereon at station g to station h, andposition the horn without the core Z and anges i, z" from station tostation g. The turret 258 rotates and moves the horn 256 ably supportedin a slideway 213 mounted on the upper face of the table 'I' andreciprocated in a direction parallelly of the axes of the horns 38, 255at station h from the continuously rotating counter shaft 68 through acam disk 214 xedly mounted on an end of a stud shaft 'H5 rotatablymounted in a bearing on the table T and adapted to be rotated from thecountershaft @3 through gears fixed to said shafts, as at 21S. The camextends above the upper surface of the table T 'to engage a roller 21"!carried by an pivotally mounted at one end on the table T. at with theopposite end pivotallv conn c end of a link 219 having the other econnected to an angle portion of a member 28D pivotally mounted portionon the table T, as shownv in F uros 2 and '7. The roller 217 isyieldingly urged to engage the cam disk 2M by a spring 28! anchored atone end to the table T and the opposite end connected to the pivotconnection between the arm 27S and link 219. The triangular member 285.is connected to the slide 2".'0 to compensate for the 'otary movement ofthe triangular member while imparting straight line reciprocatorymovement to the slide through a slot 282 arranged in the free angleportion of the triangular member to engage a pin 283 fixed in andextended perpendicularly from the slide 275i. The angle member 2f?? isarranged to engage a spool on the horn 38 at station h by spaced fingerportions 2M extending laterally from the angle portion extei line at aright angle from the angle portion arranged. with the slot 272 of saidmember 2G53. as shown in. Figure 10. The cam disk 214 is arranged toposition the spaced ngers 284 to engage the spool. on the horn 38 beingactuated from station tf to station ,7i so that when the horn reachesstation h the fingers 284 will be extending on opposite portions of thecore Z and between the flanges i. i of. said spool. as shown in Figure8. The fingers iii having the spool engaged thereon are actuat d fromsaid position adjacent the horn 3R to a 1^. adjacent the annularshoulder iii?? oi. the h` positioned in alinement with the horn by tlhigh portion of the cam plate .Je engaging roller 27'!A whereby thespool is tr the reduced portion 58 of the horn 255 and along said horn255i to position adjacent the shoulder as shown in Figures and '7. Atthe termination the ferntransf movement of the lingers 2M, the turretsand. 258 are rotated so that the horn 38 at station 71, will be actuatedthe slide E??? before the fingers 284 reach' their rearward position toengage the spool on the horn 3! at station o, and the horn 255 havingthe spool engaged thereon 1vill be actuated in a direction away from thefree ends of the ngers IPS-5 to remove the transferred spool from saidfingers.

After the formed spool is removed from the fingers 284 it is positionedby the born at the next successive station thereof relative to arcane toform the web anchoring tongue 't comprising a punch 285 having asuitable cutting head one end with the opposite end engaged in a splitcollar 285 having Hang-es at the opposite ends of the mating members ofthe collar to support the collar and punchl in an elongated opening 2d?of a laterally extending head of a slide slidably mounted in a verticalslides/ay supported on the table T. The punch is adjustable in theopening 281 to be positioned midway of the opposite end of the core ofspools of various lengths and secured in adjusted position by a nut 298engaged on the end of the punch extending from the upper end of thecollar with a shoulder 232 on the punch abutting the lower end of thecollar. The punch head co-operates with the longitudinal slot 253 of thehorns 256 to form the web engaging tongue t, the slot acting as the diefor the punch, as shown in dotted lines in Figure 1G. rThe slide 23S isactuated in synchronism with the actuation of the spool transferringfingers from the longitudinal shaft 3f! through an arm 292 (Figure le)pivotally mounted at one end 1n a biiurcated bracket e' the free end oft to the .loi/ver portion of the slide 238 through a pair of links2.9/5. The is reciprocated in a vertical direction by the rotation 0fthe shaft 3G through a connecting rod 295 pivotally connected at one endto an intermediate portion of tho arm 292 having the opposite endarranged in the form of a strap i encircling an eccentric disk Re? fixedto the shaft 3G. To maintain the punch 285 in alinement with the slot inthe ho n positioned relative to said punch and limit the tongue formingmovement of the punch so that the punch will not damage said horn du 'ngsaid movement, the lateral head of the slide is cxtended and arranged tocarry a pin 29B (Figures l and 2) extending from the underface of thelateral slide head to engage a circular .recess oi" a series of suchrecesses 299 in the top of the turret lead 25? about the peripherythereof, there heine' three recesses in the present instance, locatedmidway of the horns 256. as shown in Figure 7. The spool on the horn 255positioned in vertical alinement with the tongue forming punch ir-zmaintained in alinement with tho punch by a resilient nger 35H3 iixedlycarried by a coll Tl adjustably mounted on a post 3552 s .1. the uppersurface of the table T. The free the finger 3853 is of curved formationt i engagement of the same by the outer surface of the spool flange iduring the movement of the horn to its position .in vertical alinementwith. the tongue forming punch 285. The nngor is positioned on the postSii?! so that said will yieldingly move the engaged spool on the horn25S and engage the spool angc z" with the shoulder of the horn. shown inFigure 7.

After a tongue z': has been formed in the core of a spool, said spool isejected from its supporting horn 256 at the next station of said horn bya reciprocating ejector arm in the form of a plate 363 having one endbifurcated, as at with the ends of the bifurcation legs bevelled tofacilitate the engagement of said legs with the outer face of the spoolange as shown in Figure 7. The ejector plate 3933 is mounted, so thatthe bifurcation legs will extend on the opposite upper and lowerportions ol the horn by the end of said plate opposite to the bifurcatedend being secured to a sleeve 395 rotatably mounted on a post 306 xed inthe upper surface of the table T and retained on said post by a collar397. The ejector arm is reciprocated in synchronism with the spooltransferring member 26e? by the triangular member 28! through a link 3%8pivotally connected at one end on said member 2&9 adjacent the pivotthereof with the opposite end pivotally connected to an ear portion 332fixed to and extending laterally from the sleeve as shown in Figures 2and 7. The movement imparted to the plate 393 is suflicient to removethe spool from the horn and deposit the spool on a chute SI2 mounted onthe side of the table T by having the formed spool into engagement withthe resilient finger 365. The slide |96 moves toward the turret 44, butno operation is performed as the horn at station g is Without a core land flanges i, i. The angular member 269 moves from `the turret 44 toturret 258 to transfer the formed spool from the horn 59 at station h toanother horn 256 on turret 258. The punch 285 moves toward the formedspool on .horn 256 engaged by resilient nnger 386 to form the tongue t.The angular member 269 moves from the turret 25S `to turret 44. Then theturret 44 rotates to move the horn 59 having the formed spool removedtherefrom from station h to station a, and move the horn 59 having nocore Znor anges z', z" from station g to station h. The punch 285 movesfrom the horn 256 positioned relative thereto. The turret 258 rotates toposition the horn 255 carrying the formed spool having the tongue tformed in the core portion l from the resilient finger 355 relative tothe ejector arm 303, and position the horn 255 having the formed spooldeposited thereon by the angular member 265 relative tothe resilientfinger 300. IIhe angular member 269 moves from the turret 44 to theturret 258, but no formed spool is transferred. The punch 285 movestoward the horn 256 having the formed spool in engagement with theresilient nnger 366 to form the tongue t. The ejector arm movesoutwardly along the horn 256 having the formed spool arranged With thetongue t to. remove said spool from the horn 256. The punch 285 movesfrom the horn 256 positioned relative thereto. The ejector arm 363 movestoward the turret head 251. Then the turret 258 rotates to move the horn256 carrying the formed spool arranged with the tongue t from theresilient finger 355 tothe ejector arm 303, and moves the horn 255Without a formed spool thereon from the angular member 269 to theresilient finger 356. The punch 285 moves toward the horn 256 without aformed spool and no operation is performed. The ejector arm 383 movesoutwardly along the horn 256 carrying the formed spool arranged with thetongue t to remove said spool from the horn. The punch 285 moves fromthe horn 255 Without a formed spool. 'I'he ejector arm 353 moves towardthe turret head 251. Then the turret 258 rotates to move the horn 256without a formed spool from the resilient finger 365 to ejector arm 353.The ejector arm moves from the turret head 251, but no formed spool isremoved from the horn 256 positioned relative to said ejector arm.

While I nave described and illustrated one embodiment of the inventionit will be obvious that various modications may be made in theconstruction and arrangement of the parts and that portions of theinvention may be used without others and come within the scope of theinvention.

l-laving thus described my invention, I claim:

l. In apparatus for making sheet metal spools, a rotatable support,means to position a flange on said support, means to engage an endportion of a core With the flange on the support, means to. engageanother flange on the opposite end portion of the core on the support,means to secure the flanges to the core and form a spool on the support,means to eject the formed spool from the support, and means to actuatethe support to positions relative to the successive operating means.

2. In apparatus for making sheet metal spools, a rotatable support,means to position a flange on said support, means to position a core onthe support and engage an end portion of the core with the flange on thesupport, means to engage a second flange on the opposite end portion ofthe core on the support and subsequently flare outwardly said oppositeend portion of the core eX- tending from the second flange, means tosecure the flanges to the core and form a spool on the support, means toeject the formed spool from the sup-port, and means to actuate thesupport relative to the successive operating means..

3. In apparatus for making sheet metal spools, a rotatable support,means to position a flange on said support, means to position a core onthe support and engage an end portion of the core with the flange on thesupport, means to engage another flange on the opposite end of the coreon the support, means to secure the flanges to the core and form aspool, means to form an inwardly extending tongue in the core betvveen`the flanges, means to transfer the formed spool from the support to thetongue forming means, and means to actuate the support to positionsrelative to the successive operating and the spool trans ferring means.

l. In apparatus for making sheet metal spools, a rotatable support,means to engage a flange on said support, means to engage a core on thesupport with an end portion of the core in engagement with the flange onthe support, means to engage a second flange on the opposite end portionof the core on the support, means to crimp portions of the flanges andthe core with each other to forni a spool, a second rotatable supportfor a formed spool, means to transfer the formed spool from the first tothe second rotatable support, means to form an inwardly extending tonguein the core between the flanges of the formed spool on the secondsupport, and means to actuate the first support to successive positionsrelative to the flange and core engaging means, the crimping means andthe transferring means and actuate the second support to successivepositions relative to the transferring means and the tongue formingmeans.

5. In apparatus for making sheet metal spools, a rotatable support,means to engage a flange on said support, means to engage a core on thesupport with an end portion of the core in engagement with the flange onthe support, means to engage a second flange on the opposite end portionof the core on the support, means to crimp portions of the flanges andcore with each other to unite the flanges with the core and form aspool, a second rotatable spool, means to transfer the formed spool fromthe first to the second rotatable support, means to form an invvardi-Textending tongue in the core between the flanges of the formed spool onthe second support, means to eject from the second support a formedspool having a tongue in the core thereof, and means to actuate thefirst support to successive positions relative to the flange and coreengaging means, the crimping means and the transferring means andactuate the second support to successive positions relative to thetransferring means, the tongue forming means and the ejecting means.

6. In apparatus for making sheet metal spools, a rotatable turretcarrying a series of supports equidistantly spaced about and extendedradially from the turret, means to intermittently rotate the turret toposition the supports at successive stations, means to engage a flangeon the supports at the initial station, means at a succeeding stasupportfor a formed tion to engage a core on the supports with the forward endof the core engaging the flange on the supports, means at a succeedingstation to engage a second flange on the rearward end of the core on thesupports, means at a further succeeding station to crimp the oppositeends of the core with the flanges to form a spool on the supports, andmeans at the last station to eject the formed spool from the supports.

7. In apparatus for making sheet metal spools, a rotatable turret, aseries of supports adjustably mounted on the turret to extend radiallytherefrom at predetermined distances and equidistantly spaced from eachother, means to intermittently rotate the turret to position thesupports at successive stations, means at the initial station to engagea flange on the supports, means at a succeeding station to engage a coreon the supports with the forward end of the core engaging the flange onthe supports, means at a succeeding station to engage a second flange onthe rearward end of the core on the supports, means at a furthersucceeding station to crimp the opposite ends of the core with theflanges to form a spool, and means at the last station to eject theformed spool from the supports.

8. In apparatus for making sheet metal spools, a rotatable turretcarrying a series of supports equidistantly spaced about and extendedradially from the turret; means to successively engage a flange on eachof the supports, engage a core on the supports with one end of the coreengaging the flange on the supports, engage a second flange on theopposite end of the core on the supports and crimp end portions of thecore with the flanges to form a spool; a second rotatable turretcarrying a series of supports equidistantly spaced about and extendedradially from said second turret; means to transfer the formed spoolsfrom the supports of the first turret to the supports of the secondturret; means to eject the spools from the supports of the second turretand discharge the spools from the apparatus and means to intermittentlyand simultaneously rotate the first and second turrets to position thesupports of the first turret relative to the means to assemble a spoolon said supports and the spool transferring means, and position thesupports of the second turret relative to the spool transferring andejecting means.

9. In apparatus for making sheet metal spools, a rotatable turretcarrying a series of supports equidistantly spaced about and extendedradially from the turret; means to successively engage a flange on eachof the supports, engage a core on the supports with one end of the coreengaging the flange on the supports, engage a second flange on theopposite end of the core on the supports and crimp end portions of thecore with the flanges to form a spool; a second rotatable turretcarrying a series of supports equidistantly spaced about and extendedradially from said second turret; means to transfer the formed spoolsfrom the supports of the first turret to the supports of the secondturret; means to form an inwardly extending tongue in the core of thespools on the supports of the second turret; means to eject the spoolshaving the tongues from the supports of the second turret; and means tointermittently and simultaneously rotate the first and second turrets toposition the supports of the first turret relative to the means toassemble a spool on said supports and the spool transferring means, andposition the supports of the second turret relative to the spooltransferring, tongue forming, and spool ejecting means.

10. In apparatus for making sheet metal spools, a rotatable turretcarrying a series of radially extending horns, each horn having areduced portion at the outer end to support a core and flanges at theopposite ends of the core, a die arranged in the shoulder of the hornformed by the reduced portion thereof, means to intermittently rotatethe turret to successively position the horns at predetermined stations,and a die supported at a predetermined station to have movement towardand away from the reduced portion of a horn at said station andco-operate with the die of said horn to crimp the opposite ends of thecore with the flanges and form a spool.

11. In apparatus for making sheet metal spools, a rotatable turretcarrying a series of radially extending horns, each horn having areduced portion at the outer end to support a core and flange at theopposite ends of the core, a die arranged in the shoulder of the hornformed by the reduced portion thereof, means to intermittently rotatethe turret to position the horns at successive stations, a die supportedat one of said stations to have movement toward and away from thereduced portion of a horn at said station and co-operate with the die ofsaid horn to crimp the opposite ends of the core with the flanges andform a spool, and complemental members mounted at the station at whichthe die is supported to have movementtoward and away from oppositeportions of a core supported on the reduced portion of the horn andadapted to engage the core :2,

previously to the movement of the die toward the horn, said complementalmembers being of a length to maintain the flanges in predeterminedspaced relation during the crimping of the core ends with the flanges.

l2. Apparatus for making sheet metal spools as claimed in claim 11,wherem the complemental members are arranged to have yielding movementlongitudinally of the core to permit movement of the core toward the diein the horn and the crimping of the end of the core adjacent said die.

13. In apparatus for making metal spools, a rotatable turret carrying aseries of radially extending horns, a pair of hoppers mounted ondiametrically opposite sides of the turret and adapted to supportflanges in stack formation, a support arranged to engage the peripheryof a flange and mounted between each hopper and the turret to positionthe flange in axial alinement with the horns, means to transfer flangesfrom the hoppers to the supports, means to transfer flanges from thesupports and engage said flanges on the horns, and means tosimultaneously actuate both flange transferring means of each hopper andsupport.

14. In apparatus for making sheet metal spools, a rotatable turretcarrying a series of radially extending horns, means to intermittentlyrotate the turret to position the horns at successive stations, a pairof hoppers mounted at diametrically opposite stations adapted to supportflanges in stack formation, a pair of supports arranged to engage theperiphery of the flanges and mounted between the hoppers and the hornsat said diametrically opposite stations to position the flanges inalinement with the horns at said stations, means to transfer thelowermost flange in each hopper to the supports, means to transfer' theflange in each support and engage it on the horn at said support, andmeans to simultaneously actuate both flange transferring means at eachof said diametrically opposite stations.

15. In apparatus for making sheet metal spools as claimed in claim 14,means to yieldingly engage opposite portions of the flanges in thesupports and maintain said flanges in position to be engaged on thehorns.

16. Apparatus for making sheet metal spools as claimed in claim 14,wherein the means to transfer the flanges from the hoppers to thesupports comprises a slide having a bifurcation at one end to engage thelowermost flange in the hopper and an intermediate portion to supportthe flanges in the hopper during the transfer of the lowermost ange tothe supports.

17. Apparatus for making sheet metal spools as claimed in claim 14,wherein the supports for the flanges comprises standards mounted inalinement with the horns at the diametrically opposite stations andarranged with rectangular recesses in the vertical faces thereof, andplates mounted to span said recesses and having an elongated openingtherein in alinement with the recesses with a circular portion at oneend thereof in horizontal alinement with the horns.

18. In apparatus for making sheet metal spools as claimed in claim 14,standards mounted at the diametrically opposite stations of the hornsand arranged with tubular portions extending in the plane of the axis ofthe horns, the means to transfer the flanges from the supports to thehorns comprising plungers slidably supported in the tubular portions ofthe standards.

19. In apparatus for making sheet metal spools, a rotatable turretcarrying a series of radially extending horns, means to intermittentlyrotate the turret to position the horns at successive stations, a pairof standards mounted at diametrically opposite stations of the horns,each standard having a horizontally extending slideway at the upperportion thereof and a tubular portion extending parallelly of and belowthe slideway, a hopper mounted on each standard above the slidewayadapted to support anges in stack formation with the lowermost flange inthe plane of the slideway, a pocket arranged in the face of eachstandard in communication with the hopper of said standard to receiveflanges from said hopper, a slide mounted in each slideway adapted toengage the lowermost flange and move said flange to the pocket, aplunger slidably mounted in the tubular portion of each standard adaptedto engage a ange supported in the pocket and move said flange onto ahorn positioned relative to each of the standards, and a lever pivotallysupported on each standard pivotally connected to the slide and plungerand adapted to actuate the slide and plunger to move flangessimultaneously during a period of rest of the turret.

20. In apparatus for making sheet metal spools, a rotatable turretcarrying a series of radially extending horns, means to intermittentlyrotate the turret to position the horns at successive stations, hoppersat diametrically opposite stations adapted to support flanges in fiatstack formation, a support for a plurality of cores mounted at a stationintermediate the hopper stations, reciprocatory members arranged toengage the cores on the support therefor and advance said cores alongsaid support into engagement with the horn at said intermediate station,means to position flanges on the horns at the hopper stations, means totransfer flanges from the hoppers to the flange positioning means, meansto actuate the iiange positioning and transferring means, means tocouple the actuating means with the flange transferring means, saidcoupling means being normally urged out of coupling position, meansadapted to engage and position the coupling means to connect theactuating means with the flange transferring means, and means mounted onthe reciprocatory members to be engaged by spaced cores on the supporttherefor and adapted by the engagement of the cores therewith to actuatethe means to engage and position the coupling means to connect theactuating means with the flange transferring means and transfer theflanges to the positioning means to be positioned on the horns at thehopper stations.

2l. In apparatus for making sheet metal spools, a rotatable turretcarrying a series of radially extending horns, means to intermittentlyctuate the turret to position the horns at successive stations, hoppersat diametrically opposite stations of the horns adapted to support spoolflanges in iiat stack formation, a support for spool cores mounted at astation of the horns intermediate the hopper stations, a series ofreciprocatory fingers yieldingly urged to engage the rear edges of thecores on the support and advance said cores on the support into engage--ment with the horn positioned at said intermediate station, a slideoperative relative to each hopper to feed flanges from the hoppersrelative to the horns at said hopper stations, reciprocatory meansadapted to actuate the slide toward and away from the hoppers, a latchpivotally mounted on each of said slides arranged to engage and couplethe slide actuating means to the slides and yieldingly urged out ofcoupling position, means adapted to engage and position the latches inengagement with the slide actuating means; means mounted relative to andmovable with spaced fingers of the series of core advancing ngersadapted to engage the cores on the core support during the coreadvancing movement of the fingers, and engage and actuate the latchpositioning means when engaged by the cores, the engagement of saidactuating means movable with the fingers with cores on the core supportactuating the latch positioning means to position the latch inengagement with the slide actuating means whereby the slide is actuated,and the absence of cores on the core support in the path of the fingerscausing the means movable with the fingers to move out of engagementwith the latch positioning means and effect normal positioning of thelatch out of engagement with the slide actuating means to prevent theactua-tion of the slides.

22. In apparatus for making sheet metal spools, a rotatable turretcarrying a series of radially extending horns, means to intermittentlyrotate the turret and position the horns at successive stations, acylindrical support for spool cores mounted at one of said stations andhaving diametrically opposite slots, a reciprocatory slide mounted tohave movement longitudinally of the cylindrical support, and fingerspivotally mounted on the slide and yieldingly positioned to extendthrough the slots in the cylindrical support to engage and advance thecores along the cylindrical support by the movement of the slide towardthe turret, the fingers on the forward portion of the slide engaging acore on a horn at said station by said movement of the slide.

